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Id I! Ml .11 CANDIHATKH
For president Charles Evans
Hughes
Vice-President Charles Warren
Fairbanks
Iteprcsetitatlve in congress N. J.
Innott.
Secretary of State nan W Olcott.
Justice of the Supreme Court
Ocorge II tlurnett. Prank A. Moore.
Hairy and food commlaaloner - -John
li M Icicle.
Commissioner of public service -M
II. Corny.
Htiilf aenator Julien A. Hurley.
Heprcsentntlve--Charles M. Cran-
lllatrlrt Attorney Holier", M. Dun
in. tariff ateory "ole.
-innity Clerk V II. Staplea.
County assessor !. E. Mill.
County treaaurer--C. C. Mueller
innity aurveyor Jamea F. Mil
lar
County i imiiiiiI-hIiiih-i I f Wes-W.
County School Ruperlntomleiit
Malta Conklln.
Justice of the Peace O. I.. Kins
Conatalile J II Henlson.
Ml IQW Of ic i.KcnitK
OOOTMM.
Another article In thin Issue tells
of the lecturo courae altuatlon. In
these days when munclpal develop
im nt mill progression are given equal
rank with Individual Improvement, It
la im ) ill .('idedly out of place for a
town to i'vi'11 llilnk of iluliiK without
a lecture courae Tin1 argument
muy he offered Hint with a Reed
opera hoilHe we have plenty nl en
lartuiiiinciii To he mire we have
in., in 1'iitcrtuliimentH anil many of
Ihem are of a aplendld claaa.
Hut the lecture courae creal
ed to rill another vmiiii N'ni SBtM
twiii 1 1 : ii i n Inn. inn i-iiui iiiiuii aa well
la tin nlijeri nl Ihla In tltutiuu "I.. ,
ture" Ih not the proper word In use
In the ciiHe of many couraea; the
name signifies the orlgluul Intent,
but the ileinuuil or the people, the
Inautlahle dealre to lie entertained,
to have a good laugh, nan cauaed
twin in it teen ull over the country In
reduce the lecturea to a ininiiiium
and increaae the entertaliimenta Not
that II iiierluiiiiueuta are not edu
cational hut lecturea are leldoiu oil
talued except under such MKflNI,
while concert and legerdemain per
formances are liookeil with opera
houiea.
Mini) may suy that tliey do not
Care tor lectures, well, it's like olives
one cun learn to like them A good
lecture la to the mind what food Is
to the bod). We think ahout our
work, anil soniel inn's our neighbor's
work, give a thought or two to tin
topics nt ih,. day, hut a good lecture
will divert our iiiiihIh Into new chan
nels aii,l hails us iroin t In- stagnant
pooling ot moving streams Noth
ing la a Mirer cure for blue than to
think on subjects oulsiile or our
Mlvea. Vt nat la good for the Itulis ul
uul is, in this i.spcct, ,lll).ll. KOOll
for the town
We oileii ask, "nli) is this Hung
Hot ilone. or mat '" h not 1 1
this plan or that, In the state or
Uiuuicip.il gov eminent ""
K. 'tonus or experiments in auy
form of government are not hrought
about wtihout discussion Ahle men
can he seciireii who can expl. in com
mission form of got eminent in uiiini
Clpalilies, husinesa managers lor cit
ies, farmers hanks, the new phases
Of education work and many other
auhjects. these lectures need not hi
dry ami would certainly he of Willie,
not only men hut women as well
know these subjects and they should
be a putt oi every school child 'i eilu
Cation. Of the Informative lectures
the name is legion.
It la time to return to the lecture,
to take something serious with the
fun
We do not want auy committee
who, in Ontario, or uny other place,
has had the responsibility ot select
ing and putting through u lectin..
courae, to feel that thia article, In
any way. In a ensure on their work
Because much has been said concern
Ing the lecture does not mean that
fault la found withe the selections of
the courae. We the people, demand
ed that entertainment be given and
the lecture cut, so the committee had
to so to pull the thing through.
The point Is this; we need a lec
ture course; we ought to have a lec
ture course, and we should work for
n lecture course.
IIiimh: TO WHOM IIONOK IM III K
One of the outstanding boasts of
the preaent champions of the demo
cratic administration la that to that
party la due the credit for the pas
age of the preaent federal reserve
law Ih this credit due the demo
cratic party and the present adminis
tration? Most assured It Is not
The democratic party has no more
ground for claiming credit for the
I -.It i ,i I r. serve law than Mulheiir
county republicans cun claim credit
for the nomination of Charles Kvan
Hughes by the republican nail. mal
convention The relation Is about
the same. The Malheur republicans
helpcil i lei t a .1. 'legate to th iveli
1 1, hi who worked for Mr. Hughe's noni
Ination. The democrats cast a num
ber of votes for the federal reserve
bill. So too did the republicans.
Hut to go back Into the history of
the federal reserve act and examine
til" records vvlint will he fnnnd?Thls
The fundamental idea, the basic prin
cipiil on which the federal i
act Is founded, was first suggested
In a republican controlled congress .
u, i unit the Monetary Comal Ion
headed by Senator Nelson a Al.ln.l
tftef t,. y.i.t . of research Into
in iii-:i ii financial conditions report
.I to congress a bill, which in all Its
i, I details was a replica of the
Ml federal reserve law.
I 'or I hose who may have forgotten,
d might he well to call attention to
the fact that Senator Aldrich was a
tepuhllcan. and tho maligned by dem
ocrats and others an a reactionary,
drew the bill the credit for which
the democrats are now loudly claim
ing.
Further, It may be well also to re
member that this bill, now hailed as
the emancipation of business from
Wall Street, would have been enacted
two years before the present admin
istration came Into being had It not
been for the opposition of the pres
ent democratic leaders In congress
aided by a deflection In the republi
can ranks.
Incidentally attention might also
be directed to the fact that when the
the flrat crisis of the present war
faced by the people of the United
States the democratic administration
took advantage of the Veerland cur
rency law, a measure fathered by a
republican, passed hy a republican
congress and signed by a republican
preslilent. to save a panic; and then
ha i.neil to pass the present federal
reserve act; which had been reported
to a prevloua congress hy a coinmli
tee headed h S republican MMSM
The republican party Is not claim
ing all the credit for this tuerltnus
measure. It Is, however, entitled to
Its share ot credit. If credit he due
tor the enactment hy congress of a
measure the reasonableness of which
every student of finance admitted
prior to Its passage, and a critical
condition In the world's history made
Imperative.
The democratic party la entitled to
credit for what It really has accom
plished, If such can be located? Hut
thla la no time In which to take
creillt for the work done hy others.
Pertinent Comments on Political
Question Bu Malheur Republicans
i Contributed I
I ultlK. Stilts I IHST
The new revenue bill winch was
evolved by the democratic caucus In
the senate with so much iliffn uliv ,
provides for a tax of five per cent
upon the net profit in Hie iii.uiul.i.
tine of materials designed for Use
hi Hie making of war m nn 1 1 ion gad
for a further tux of leu per cent upon
the net profit received from the
net profit received from the iiiaiiu
fact u re of the munitions themselves
The application of these provisions
In the case of copper presents some
interesting problems an. I some con
elusions which are no less interest
ing. I'or lhstalli where shall one say
that the manufacture of copper de
signed for use In war inuterlula he
glus.If II begins with Hie oxtrutlon
of ore from the ground the mine
owner will have to be taxed for his
profit. So will the smelter and so
will the own. i of the mill where the
mattes are purified and transform
ed Into burs or plates or whatever
form may be desired.
line, then will be two or three
taxes applied to Hie same lump ot
copper before It is shipped to the
factor) where the cartridges or fuses
or other actual munitions are pro
duced And there the other lux
this time of ten per cent will he
clapped ou. All of these tuxes will
be puld by Ho- Vniericun manufacturer.
per cent reduction In the duty on
butter and ubout a f0 per cent re
duction In the duty on cheese. That
law took effect October 4, ID HI, and
the Importations of these four prod
ucts up to the fiscal year ended June
30. 114, totaled 12.a4l.OH3, a 11)0
per cent in. it-use slid niggardly
sum reuiicil as revenue During the
fiscal year l '.' i Canada aent ua $3,
270.0011 wortli of these dairy prod
ucts, or an Increaae over the republi
can year of nearly 200 per cent, ou
which we realised a pinch of revenue
Not only do these Canadian importa
tions displace good American prod
ucts, ut the revenue lost thereby has
to be made up by Internal taxation
Ho the farmers of the country favor
tii.it policy?
Hurtford City ( Ind I Tinies-tia-ette
Dr Harvey W. Wiley, former
chief of the I'nlted States bureau of
chemistry, who slumped Indiana in
the last presidential campaign, has
announced that he Is against the re
election of Wilson and Is for Charles
E Hughes for president. Mr Wiley
says:
I campaigned 'or President Wll
son without expecting any reward ex-
pectlug any reward except in seeing
vigorous action on the part of Hie
government in protecting the people
from Impure food I paid ull my own
expenses in the campaign The Wil
sou administration has been I up
NEW FALL GOODS AT
RADER BROS. CO.
New fall goods have been coming in since the first of July. We were very
fortunate in buying our fall goods before the big rise and for this
reason we are able to sell you new goods cheaper than those who bought later
And we are also very fortunate in ge tting all we purchased, though there
are a few items that we won't be able to get.
New Fall Silks In plain and
fancies, taffetas, inessaliiies, cre
jir. poplins. We have beautiful
exclusive waist patterns.
New Fall Wool Dress Goods
Are in bi"; plaids and very pretty
combinations of colors.
Coatings Are also in very .it
tractive patterns.
Ginghams, percales, sinter
garden cloth, imrting, silkalines,
curtain scrims, fancy ticking,
towelingS, bed spreads, flannel
etts. ducking fleece, blankets.
Misses' and Ladies' Wash
Dresses.
Underwar.
We also have a big line of mens
shoes just in.
New Hats for Men and Young
Men Which will surprise you
when voii see and price them.
New Hats for the Little Tots
Too t'oine and outfit the chil
dren for school.
All the goods mentioned bete
are new and JTOU should ejet your
wants for Fall as soon as possi
ble, as it will he Impossible for
ns to duplicate the merchandise
at the old price, YoU 11 do bet
ter if mhi Ihiv early.
For Boys SHOES For Girls
The Store That
Serves You Best
Our shoes are noted for the M t
vice they njVe the little folks, al
so our grown girls nehool shoes
cannot be beaten for durability
and style.
New hih top dress shoes for
the ladies in roliiliin.it ioii rotors,
of tan and black, chsiitpaygus
and black, white and black, two
tone grey and two t brown.
They are the very latest st les
and are all bench made of the best
material obtainable for their
daSS. 'ollie and see thein.
RADER'S
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The Store That
Terves You Best
pointing in its luck of vigor in the
Vn.l vet. it this copper is shipped pure food movement I am for Mr
to a lorcigu lactory which is eugag-' Hughes because he has shown by his
ed in making munitions, not one pen uets and legal opinions that lie Is for
ny of tux will he extorted I'lm- II iiforceui.iit of the pure food
the copper miner and smelter ol laws."
Montana and Hie man ill ,ut liter ufl -
munitions in Connecticut is being' ON Tills ItKCOItll.
mulcted, while the factory in llirm! Our democratic orators will he mil
thghuiu, Engluud, or in Toulon, on the stump pretty soon telling the
France, is bit scot free. people that they should vote for Wil
li is another case of the loreiguer son elector.- because of the record
first, as Is almost always Ho case ' the great president has made Tliut
vv neu a iieinocraiic congress legis- ought to cause earnest men to ex
in the mutter of taxation
Hughes and his purty believe in
Vmerica first and America efficient
Wilson and his party believe in the
foreigner first and the foreigner (reed
from taxation.
Iiuring the fiscal year ended June
.10, 1913, with Hie republican tariff
law In operation, Canada sent us $1,
168,500 worth of butter, cheese,
cream and milk, fresh and condensed
and for the privilege of selling those
products in th. Am. iv. in market, she
paid a nice little bit into the federal
treasury lu the shape of customs
revenue Then the democratic tar
iff law was passed putting milk mid
cream on the free list, making a 60
amine that record
If they do, what will they find'
I 1 I We were to have the cost of
living cut down to u reasonable He
ure How is that?
(2) We were to have tuxes reduc
ed through democratic economy and
the passage of an increaae tax law.
How has that been fulfilled? Have
the taxes been reduced? And as to
the economy, is It not true that all
the millions exacted by the income
tax law have been spent tu the run
ning expenses of this same democrat
ic administration?
( S ) We were to have a moderate
Just and business revision of the tar
iff, no man doing a legitimate busi
ness had any cause to be afraid.
Was It not a genuine Villa assas
sination of the tariff? Hid It not
Include the destruction of the tariff
ou Utah sugar, to put the men who
raise beets for the sugar mills on a
direct equality and in direct compe
tition with the breech clouted semi
slave negroes of Cuba, and was It
only temporarily avoided because the
administration had to leave it for the
present In order to get money for Its
daily expenses?
la It not true that the effect of
that "revision" hud prostrated busi
ness all over the eastern states when
the war In Kurope burst upon an as
tounded wor!.;
( 4 ) We were to have a great
n .reliant murine that without houn
ties or subsidies was to restore our
flug in all Its old glory to all the
world's oceans?
Has one ship for thai now greut
and glorious fleet been built up to
date, though for two years this great
republic has had to depend upon the
benevolent ships of Ureal Brituiu to
do their ocean-carry ing work ut dou
ble the old rates?
(5) He has avoided vvur with
tiermany uud Mexico.
Now suppose, say lienjainiii Hurrl
son, had been president when the
first friction with Germany came
Hoes any one think that a dispatch
would have come that the president,!
has shut Himself up. denying all call
ers for two duys and a night, to pre
pare a message to send to Germany
and that iu Washington the opinion
was looked upon as very grave
Or would the president have dicta
ted to a stenographer a few facts
uud quoted the law to back the facts
which would have settled the whole
business?
And as to Mexico, how will history
treat the part that the United States
haa played with Mexico during the
past three years, the president's part
we mean?
A comic opera on the stage while
the looting and assassinations were
going on behind" the scene.
Viva la humbug! doodwin's
Weekly.
School Days
Are Coming
Every boy or girl who goes to
school must be able to study
and study well that means he
must have food to build both
body and brain.
It must be pure food that is
the only kind we carry see our
pure food brands.
No long waits -No short weights All orders
delivered right on the dot
WILSON BROTHERS
GROCERS